Indo-Pak standoff will not affect poll dates: CEC
Says Lok Sabha polls will be held on time
Lucknow: The general elections in the country will be held on time, Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora said Friday, amid tensions between India and Pakistan. The CEC is in the Uttar Pradesh capital for the past two days to review poll preparations in the state. “The election in the country will be held on time,” […]
Authorities impose restrictions in Srinagar, Anantnag parts
Internet speed also throttled
Srinagar: Authorities Friday imposed restrictions in parts of the city here as a precautionary measure in view of apprehensions of law and order after the Centre banned Jamaat-e-Islami Jammu and Kashmir for five years. Restrictions have been imposed in five police stations of Srinagar, a police official said. He said the curbs under section 144 […]
Finally, IAF pilot reaches home
New Delhi: Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman was released by Pakistan on Friday even though the paperwork involved led to a lot of delay over his release. After Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan announced the release of the IAF pilot, the situation that both the countries had come to eased as the war euphoria and the […]
We are proud of Abhinandan: PM Modi
Kanyakumari (TN): Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday hailed Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman saying every Indian was proud of him and lashed out at political rivals for suspecting the armed forces which, he said, helped Pakistan. Modi also hit out at the previous Congress-led UPA government for allegedly “blocking,” surgical strikes post 26/11 Mumbai attacks in […]
Infrastructural up gradation: Govt allots 43 Cr to education department to kick start works
Srinagar: In a significant development, the School Education Department has released an amount of Rs 43 Crore for infrastructural up gradation in government high and higher secondary schools. The development comes in the backdrop of the government’s decision to fix the infrastructural gaps in the government schools and equip the educational institutions with all basic […]
Pak boycotts OIC meet over failure to rescind invitation to Swaraj
Islamabad: Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Friday announced that he will not attend a meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) being hosted by the United Arab Emirates over the grouping’s failure to rescind the invitation to his Indian counterpart Sushma Swaraj. Swaraj was invited to the OIC meeting as a guest […]
